Karimnagar/Hyderabad:: A day after a sixteen-year-old boy was allegedly beaten up by police in full public view at Jagtial town in Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh.

Circle police inspector Deva Reddy and constable Ganga Reddy yesterday picked up the boy from Brahmin Street in the town on suspicion that he along with one Gopi was involved in theft of petrol and spare parts from parked vehicles, family members of the victim said.

They alleged that the duo repeatedly slapped the boy and also hit him on his hands with a stick in middle of the road and the inspector even took out his revolver and pointed it towards the boy.

After a local television channel telecast the footage of the boy being beaten up by policemen last night, an inquiry was immediately ordered into the incident. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), A Rama Rajeshwari, who conducted an inquiry into the incident and submitted a report to the higher officials, found the inspector and constable resorted to "high-handedness" and has recommended a disciplinary action against the duo.

Therefore it is kind request please take appropriate action at earliest.